State Secretary Ovidiu Iuliu Marian, President of the Romanian National Tourism Authority was a guest speaker at the Global Travel & Tourism Summit held on 10-12 April 2006 in Washington, DC. The Global Travel & Tourism Summit brought together the CEOs and Chairmen of the world's foremost Travel & Tourism businesses, Cabinet Ministers, senior government officials and influential journalists from around the globe.
In 2006, the theme of the Global Travel & Tourism Summit i s: Open Mind, Open World . Creativity, innovation and energy are driving forward our industry in a complex and rapidly changing world.
The Summit is co-hosted by the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA) and the Travel Business Roundtable (TBR).